The family of the second student involved in posting a racially charged video that went viral spoke out on Monday, expressing regret, fear for their safety and hope for forgiveness.

Two female students withdrew from GHS on Wednesday after a video about black students filled with stereotypes and racial slurs went viral and gained hundreds of thousands of views. Extra police were called to the school on Thursday as the two students received death threats.

The first family sent a letter of apology on Friday for their daughter's actions. The second family agreed to speak to The Gainesville Sun on Monday. Identities of both families are being withheld by The Sun because the students are minors.

In an apology letter sent to the Sun, the mother of the second girl involved in the video said she taught her daughter to be accepting of all races.

“Everyone, including all parents and teenagers, must put in their part to stop racism, no matter what color your skin may be,” the woman wrote. “We have to practice forgiveness. As the Bible says, ‘whoever among you is without sin, throw the first stone.' ”

The girl also wrote in a letter of apology that racism of any kind is inappropriate.

“Seeing the video later on, I realized how bad it was and how ignorant we looked,” she said. “I couldn't believe it was myself that I was seeing. It seemed like another person.”

Principal David Shelnutt of GHS said students are expected to treat all others with respect and dignity. The school will wear orange in solidarity this week as orange is the color of racial tolerance. School Board officials also spoke out against the video, saying it is not representative of the community and the school system.

The student said the video wasn't planned.

“I'm ashamed by it,” she said. “It never should have gotten posted. I never should have been part of it.”

The two girls recorded it last Tuesday as a response to alleged hate mail sent to the first girl in the video after she posted what she said was meant to be a joke on an online blog.

“She just asked me to sit in on the video,” the student said. “She just started reading questions off.”

The student said she couldn't remember what she was thinking as she chimed in during the recording.

“I didn't think half the stuff she had said or I had said was that bad until I had watched the video on another day,” she said.

The girls eventually deleted the video — but not before someone copied the link and posted it elsewhere.

She was in fourth period on Wednesday when she was called to the principal's office, the girl said.

“I hadn't known until we got in the office that it was popular or someone had copied it,” she said. “I didn't think in a million years that so many people could have seen it.”

But they had. The video spread to World Star Hip-Hop, a popular hip-hop and video aggregation website. There it had more than 200,000 views by Thursday evening.

Her mother said she watched about half the video, full of “stupidity and ignorance” before asking officials to turn it off.

“It was just a surprise that my daughter would even be a part of that” without stopping it, she said.

School officials told her they could not protect her daughter the entire time, so she chose to withdraw her daughter from school. The family is now considering how to educate the daughter.

Most alarming were the threats of harm to her daughter, the woman said. Commenters posted the family's address. Officers made periodic drive-bys.

The daughter has been in hiding since the video exploded, the woman said. The daughter must go to a family member's house while her mother works. Fearing for their pet, the dog goes, too.

“Our lives have changed totally, 180 degrees. This has made her an adult really quick.”

Her mother said she talked to her daughter about the dangers of the Internet and monitored her social media activity as much as she could. Now, her daughter couldn't post something if she wanted to.

“No Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and certainly no Youtube,” she said. “Everything is gone. The only thing she has is her cell phone and I'm thinking about taking that, too.”

The family hopes the community can heal, forgive and move forward.

“We could say it a million times: there's no excuse for what's she's done,” the woman said. “We're sorry for any pain and harm and anger caused. I can understand that, but we're not racists.”

She wishes she could take it back, the girl said.

“I'm not a racist person. I still don't see someone and judge them because of skin color,” the girl said, but after the video, “no one is going to believe me anymore.”

<p>The mother sat in shock at Gainesville High School and watched a video of her daughter and another female student making derogatory comments about black students.</p><p>After several minutes, her anger couldn't be contained.</p><p>“You know what,” she told police and school officials, “I've heard enough.”</p><p>The family of the second student involved in posting a racially charged video that went viral spoke out on Monday, expressing regret, fear for their safety and hope for forgiveness.</p><p>Two female students withdrew from GHS on Wednesday after a video about black students filled with stereotypes and racial slurs went viral and gained hundreds of thousands of views. Extra police were called to the school on Thursday as the two students received death threats.</p><hr />
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<hr /><p>The first family sent a letter of apology on Friday for their daughter's actions. The second family agreed to speak to The Gainesville Sun on Monday. Identities of both families are being withheld by The Sun because the students are minors.</p><p>In an apology letter sent to the Sun, the mother of the second girl involved in the video said she taught her daughter to be accepting of all races.</p><p>“Everyone, including all parents and teenagers, must put in their part to stop racism, no matter what color your skin may be,” the woman wrote. “We have to practice forgiveness. As the Bible says, 'whoever among you is without sin, throw the first stone.' ”</p><p>The girl also wrote in a letter of apology that racism of any kind is inappropriate.</p><p>“Seeing the video later on, I realized how bad it was and how ignorant we looked,” she said. “I couldn't believe it was myself that I was seeing. It seemed like another person.”</p><p>Principal David Shelnutt of GHS said students are expected to treat all others with respect and dignity. The school will wear orange in solidarity this week as orange is the color of racial tolerance. School Board officials also spoke out against the video, saying it is not representative of the community and the school system.</p><p>The student said the video wasn't planned.</p><p>“I'm ashamed by it,” she said. “It never should have gotten posted. I never should have been part of it.”</p><p>The two girls recorded it last Tuesday as a response to alleged hate mail sent to the first girl in the video after she posted what she said was meant to be a joke on an online blog.</p><p>“She just asked me to sit in on the video,” the student said. “She just started reading questions off.”</p><p>The student said she couldn't remember what she was thinking as she chimed in during the recording.</p><p>“I didn't think half the stuff she had said or I had said was that bad until I had watched the video on another day,” she said.</p><p>The girls eventually deleted the video — but not before someone copied the link and posted it elsewhere.</p><p>She was in fourth period on Wednesday when she was called to the principal's office, the girl said.</p><p>“I hadn't known until we got in the office that it was popular or someone had copied it,” she said. “I didn't think in a million years that so many people could have seen it.”</p><p>But they had. The video spread to World Star Hip-Hop, a popular hip-hop and video aggregation website. There it had more than 200,000 views by Thursday evening.</p><p>Her mother said she watched about half the video, full of “stupidity and ignorance” before asking officials to turn it off.</p><p>“It was just a surprise that my daughter would even be a part of that” without stopping it, she said.</p><p>School officials told her they could not protect her daughter the entire time, so she chose to withdraw her daughter from school. The family is now considering how to educate the daughter.</p><p>Most alarming were the threats of harm to her daughter, the woman said. Commenters posted the family's address. Officers made periodic drive-bys.</p><p>The daughter has been in hiding since the video exploded, the woman said. The daughter must go to a family member's house while her mother works. Fearing for their pet, the dog goes, too.</p><p>“Our lives have changed totally, 180 degrees. This has made her an adult really quick.”</p><p>Her mother said she talked to her daughter about the dangers of the Internet and monitored her social media activity as much as she could. Now, her daughter couldn't post something if she wanted to.</p><p>“No Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and certainly no Youtube,” she said. “Everything is gone. The only thing she has is her cell phone and I'm thinking about taking that, too.”</p><p>The family hopes the community can heal, forgive and move forward.</p><p>“We could say it a million times: there's no excuse for what's she's done,” the woman said. “We're sorry for any pain and harm and anger caused. I can understand that, but we're not racists.”</p><p>She wishes she could take it back, the girl said.</p><p>“I'm not a racist person. I still don't see someone and judge them because of skin color,” the girl said, but after the video, “no one is going to believe me anymore.”</p>